Grace L, Well, actually around that time it was very common in Germany to make girls of certain age the gift of nutcracker as it meant they would soon have their own household/family. As far as I know.
This is such a great video. I wanted to share a story for anyone passing by in this comment section. This year I played a solider and a flower in the Nutcracker. I assist a ballet class at my studio, and so I knew some of them would be coming. I came to the class I assist the week after Nutcracker(since this class is once a week) and one of the little girls ran over to me and said that she saw me in The Nutcracker. Always imagine you are dancing for a little girl, because they will look up to you.
I think one of the best way to explain in keeping a slower pace is to go back to remembering public speaking and oral presentation in school: You are speaking (dancing) faster than you think (due to nerves or whatnot). Slow and steady.
One thing I got from drama class at school was to practice your facial expressions in a mirror, because you always feel like your expressions are bigger than they actually are, and you might think your mouth is wide open or you look sultry or whatever, but until you see it you can't tell.
😂😂 I never thought about how Clara is getting a strange man-doll for Christmas. I find it even more strange that Masha in the Russian Nutcracker gets a gnome-doll
I totally feel like my acting is better than technique too! I was Clara this year in Nutcracker and loved putting a story into my head whenever I was dancing! 😊💗
Dear Kathryn, would you ever consider doing a video about taking off make up, especially stage make up? I get acne easily and don't wear make up in daily life to avoid outbreaks but every time I have a show coming up I know that by the last performance my skin will be all bumpy and red, no matter how thoroughly I try and clean my face. Do you have any advice? (Sometimes I also just want to put on some make up when I'm going out without having to worry about the aftermath, I'll admit it ;D)
Your old man doll comment made me LOL!! I've always thought it was weird too, even though I enjoy watching the ballet. Though I admittedly much prefer the second act over the first!
I'm an animator and I've never taken a ballet class (well except when I was really little) but I still found this video interesting and helpful! When I'm animating a pantomime scene I get the same advice from my professors, to always have a dialogue in my head when I am animating my character. I should be able to pause an animation and say exactly what my character is thinking in that moment. Just wanted to leave a comment to say that your videos are also inspiring to non-dancer artists! I love doodling ballet dancers in my sketchbooks and your channel makes me want to take a class to better understand what I'm drawing :)
My ballet teacher choreographs all the performances we do herself, so everyone gets a dance. The 4 to 8 year old children are mostly for example animals like frogs or pigs, and it's very cute.^^ The next performance is next November, and we'll dance Aurora in her version. One of the groups in which I am dances a moon cycle in the first scene, and I'll go on stage first, everyone behind me. My ballet teacher said that I'm basically "La Luna". :) Also I'm one of the good fairies, and there I'll go on stage first, too. Oh, and I'm a cook in one scene. xD I'm so excited for next year! :D
These things are so true. I am not a ballet dancer, but I have done theatre and was known at my school for it. I am not the best, but what she said at the end about becoming is true. Some characters are easier to become than others, but if you can just be your character rather than pretending, it makes a big difference.
Excelent advice, Kathryn. Let the arms and legs tell the story for you! Use your port de bras, your hands and epaulement and keep your faces as natural as possible! Ballet is about body expression, not about facially-imposed unbelievable drama.
Just wanted to thank you again for this video, I had a supernumerary role in La Scala's Don Quixote from last week (two more shows this weekend) and it has helped me tremendously. Though you talk about leading characters I've never been on stage for Ballet before and I kept your tips in mind when we performed, it encouraged me to be aware of what I was doing on stage and take initiative of my presence contributing to the scenes. Much appreciated Kathryn!
I know this is an older video, but it is so helpful for me right now! We are doing a production of The Little Mermaid and I am Sebastian! My role has TONS of acting, and this helps me so much! Thanks again!!
great tips! the casting list for our spring performance is coming on friday and I'm so excited and nervous at the same time because there is a possibility to get my first solo on pointe!!! ever since I started watching your videos I have improved so much!!! thank you for everything kathryn!!!!❤❤
Melissa Thewlis thank you!!! My teacher just announced the roles yesterday and.....I GOT IT!!!!! You can definitely say I' the happiest person in the world right now!!!
Doing my first performance soon as an adult beginner and this was sooo helpful! I was struggling with the acting part and not just being all :DD fake looking just like you said haha
Hi Katie! Thank you for this video, very helpful. :) I was wondering if you could do a video about how to clean your makeup brushes, how long they take to dry, etc. Thank you!
Hi Katie! Would you mind doing a video on an at home stretching and strengthening video because I know that I and many others are on a break for the holidays, and sadly that means no dance! Thanks so mich
Thank you for this! My company is doing a performance of Giselle at Easter and I'm playing Myrtha (I don't know if that's how you spell her name 😂) In rehearsals my expressions are fine but I never really knew how to fully act her out without looking super fake, this video really helped and I'll be sure to think of these things in rehearsals tomorrow 😜 On this subject, I saw your Giselle make up tutorial and I was wondering wether I should apply the same kind of make up to Myrtha or if I should kind of add a few things to really stand out, what do you think? 😊
I have been cast as Odette/Odile for this coming season, and I'm sooo terrified - I have no idea what to do with my face, I don't want to have that 'constipated swan' look :'D
Help! I will go to the entrance examinations for the ballet academy in munich. A year ago I was there and there I was told my turnout and my feet are not good enough. At this time I had no idea of ballet. Since then I have 6 times in the week training and private lessons with a professional dancer from the Bavarian State Ballet. He said to me I have all the requirements and I am talented. Now I wanted to try it again at the ballettakademie in january. My question is whether in the grand plie my hip has to be rotated 180 degrees and when I lie on the back and do the frog have my knees to be on the floor ? If I do the frog and someone push me down, my knees come to the floor, but if I do it alone, I am missing about 5 cm. Am I not accepted then? My feet make a line with my lower leg. Is that right? sorry for bad english but pease answer me!!
Hey Katie, I've just been getting kind of confused--so are you back with NYCB? By the way I love you so much and you are so helpful, and I also tell all of my ballet friends about your channel. XOXO
Keep strong. Dont forget that despite the struggles and madness in this world today, God is full of justice, mercy and love. Justice said we broke His perfect law - causing the world's previous perfection to be destroyed - and therefore we deserve Hell (like a punishment in any legal system but this is eternal as His perfect law is eternal too). Don't think you fit in that category? Ever done one of these?: lying, stealing - regardless of how small the object EVER, hating others - which is murder in God's perfect law, lusting (plus God sees our entire thought life). Justice says "the soul that sins shall die" - if we break one in thought/word/deed it's as if we're guilty of all of them. Quite simply, living by the law (which is doing everything perfectly) is impossible for sinful humans . The law shows us that 1. We will die in Hell if we fail to follow it and 2. We cannot save ourselves BUT, 3. God's perfect, immovable law points us to Christ, who followed and fulfilled the law in thought, word and deed perfectly in our place. He did what we couldn't and did it on our behalf. He was then sentenced to death on a cross, and took our personal punishment for our sin, paying our penalty (like paying our fine) completely FOR us, and has given us freedom. If we turn from the sins we have committed and repent (pursue the opposite direction of love through Christ) He will, overtime, recreate us back into that previously perfect image through The Holy Spirit which Jesus sends to all who accept Him as their personal Lord and Savior of their life. He will help us through the struggle, the stress, and anything we experience in the world. It's about letting Christ in to guide and teach you and obeying Him through His power (not ourselves, we need Him to help us as it's impossible without depending on His power and instruction). He is our substitute in His life, death and resurrection. He essentially rewrote history in our place so that, if you believe in Him, it will be as if you had never sinned if you accept Christ's death as our own in our place. He is in Heaven right now preparing a place for us so that He can take His faithful, believing children home with Him when He returns. He will ressurrect us from death when He returns, giving mercy to those who accept His love, instruction and teachings in their life, and give justice to those who refuse it. He doesn't want ANY of us to go to Hell and die for continuing in evil and rejecting His way to life, thats why He died FOR us. Hes giving EVERYONE a chance, He wants everyone to take the free gift of salvation from Hell. He wants us to be His and begin to follow His life of love and service through His power and abiding (staying) with Him. So long as we keep our hearts near to Christ through His strength, strive to follow His will of perfect love revealed in the Bible, and let Him lead in the midst of (very certain) pitfalls and struggles, we will, in time, win the ultimate victory over sin, pain and DEATH through Christ. Even if you are willing to be made willing, pray for Jesus to come in and He will do what we can't. Give us The Holy Spirit who will guide us in the right way. Christ says in John 16:33: I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have [perfect] peace. In the world you have tribulation and distress and suffering, but be courageous [be confident, be undaunted, be filled with joy]; I have overcome the world.” [My conquest is accomplished, My victory abiding.] - (AMPLIFIED version) NOTE: You are NEVER too sinful or messed up that God cannot turn your life around through Jesus. EVER. Regardless of what you've done or what you're going through you CAN make it through Jesus. X
"I think personally it's kinda weird that a little girl gets an old man doll for Christmas, but that's beside the point."
Grace L, Well, actually around that time it was very common in Germany to make girls of certain age the gift of nutcracker as it meant they would soon have their own household/family. As far as I know.
great job on quoting the video and not cobtributing anything
This is such a great video. I wanted to share a story for anyone passing by in this comment section. This year I played a solider and a flower in the Nutcracker. I assist a ballet class at my studio, and so I knew some of them would be coming. I came to the class I assist the week after Nutcracker(since this class is once a week) and one of the little girls ran over to me and said that she saw me in The Nutcracker. Always imagine you are dancing for a little girl, because they will look up to you.
This is very true.
Music 123 I heard a quote once "The moment you feel like quitting, remember that there is always a little girl who wants to be just like you."
Haley A I love that quote
When I feel discouraged I remember that I have to make my 2 year old self proud lol
This is a really excellent video!
I think one of the best way to explain in keeping a slower pace is to go back to remembering public speaking and oral presentation in school: You are speaking (dancing) faster than you think (due to nerves or whatnot). Slow and steady.
I'm Clara in the nutcracker and this is very helpful! thank you!
Madilyn Mains good luck! I'm a soldier!
Madilyn Mains Good Luck!
Good luck! I'm the understudy lol!
+Kawaiian1616 me too!! 👌
The show went amazing! thank you so much for all of your kind comments!
One thing I got from drama class at school was to practice your facial expressions in a mirror, because you always feel like your expressions are bigger than they actually are, and you might think your mouth is wide open or you look sultry or whatever, but until you see it you can't tell.
you will be a superb coach one day.
Katie has the most fantastic combination of seriousness and funnyness. I love her! And she helps you so much snd makes everything simple and clear.
Gets an old man doll for Christmas 😂
1:19 You have the best deadpan expression! Thanks for the video, it's really helpful!
Great post; was helpful to me as a teacher. I must say I laughed at your "bad" acting examples.
😂😂 I never thought about how Clara is getting a strange man-doll for Christmas. I find it even more strange that Masha in the Russian Nutcracker gets a gnome-doll
I know you're really busy. But
I'm so excited for the Balanchine style video!
I totally feel like my acting is better than technique too! I was Clara this year in Nutcracker and loved putting a story into my head whenever I was dancing! 😊💗
about looking around, one good way i heard what you're saying phrased is to look with your nose!
Dear Kathryn, would you ever consider doing a video about taking off make up, especially stage make up? I get acne easily and don't wear make up in daily life to avoid outbreaks but every time I have a show coming up I know that by the last performance my skin will be all bumpy and red, no matter how thoroughly I try and clean my face. Do you have any advice? (Sometimes I also just want to put on some make up when I'm going out without having to worry about the aftermath, I'll admit it ;D)
These are great even for non-dancers from a movement perspective. Even some actors tend to over-gesticulate on stage.
When she said "Who is that?" I actually thought she was saw someone. 😂 😂 😂
Your old man doll comment made me LOL!! I've always thought it was weird too, even though I enjoy watching the ballet. Though I admittedly much prefer the second act over the first!
You're skin looks so beautiful! Would you mind telling me what you've been using? And I would love a full skin care routine video!
Love your advice! Keeping that story in your head is so important.
Hahaha! "A little girl who gets an old man doll for Christmas."
You killed me. 😂
I'm an animator and I've never taken a ballet class (well except when I was really little) but I still found this video interesting and helpful! When I'm animating a pantomime scene I get the same advice from my professors, to always have a dialogue in my head when I am animating my character. I should be able to pause an animation and say exactly what my character is thinking in that moment. Just wanted to leave a comment to say that your videos are also inspiring to non-dancer artists! I love doodling ballet dancers in my sketchbooks and your channel makes me want to take a class to better understand what I'm drawing :)
Damn... I’m an actress and do mainly musicals, even I found this very useful. THIS IS A GREAT VIDEO!!!!
My ballet teacher choreographs all the performances we do herself, so everyone gets a dance. The 4 to 8 year old children are mostly for example animals like frogs or pigs, and it's very cute.^^
The next performance is next November, and we'll dance Aurora in her version. One of the groups in which I am dances a moon cycle in the first scene, and I'll go on stage first, everyone behind me. My ballet teacher said that I'm basically "La Luna". :)
Also I'm one of the good fairies, and there I'll go on stage first, too.
Oh, and I'm a cook in one scene. xD
I'm so excited for next year! :D
These things are so true. I am not a ballet dancer, but I have done theatre and was known at my school for it. I am not the best, but what she said at the end about becoming is true. Some characters are easier to become than others, but if you can just be your character rather than pretending, it makes a big difference.
I would love to see a tutorial for how to do make up for a classic Balanchine leotard ballet!
I love these tips so much! They are so helpful, thank you
Your videos are always so hopeful!!! Thank you so much! This spring I'm going to be Alice's sister in Alice and Wonderland. I can't wait!
This was very helpful, my Nutcracker was the week before Thanksgiving, but I have another performance coming up and this will help lots😊
Hey, can you please do a video for improving pique turns? I watched the one you did for chaine turns which was very helpful.
Thank you very much for sharing these tips. Have a nice week-end !
Excelent advice, Kathryn. Let the arms and legs tell the story for you! Use your port de bras, your hands and epaulement and keep your faces as natural as possible! Ballet is about body expression, not about facially-imposed unbelievable drama.
Just wanted to thank you again for this video, I had a supernumerary role in La Scala's Don Quixote from last week (two more shows this weekend) and it has helped me tremendously. Though you talk about leading characters I've never been on stage for Ballet before and I kept your tips in mind when we performed, it encouraged me to be aware of what I was doing on stage and take initiative of my presence contributing to the scenes. Much appreciated Kathryn!
Thank you so much for making these videos! My nutcracker is starting today and I'm very nervous but you vids have helped me so much
I liked the idea very much and please i want more videos of this kind
You're such a good teacher!
Thank goodness I saw this video! I have auditions for Clara on Sunday and I’m freaking out!!!! Thank you Kathryn!
I know this is an older video, but it is so helpful for me right now! We are doing a production of The Little Mermaid and I am Sebastian! My role has TONS of acting, and this helps me so much! Thanks again!!
Acting inspiration is marianela Nunez omg she's amazing Kathryn's artistry though and upper body is amazing
This was so helpful. Thank you so much for making these videos.
Excellent advice!
Great tips! Thanks Kathryn!
Thank you for making this video it really helps!!
great tips! the casting list for our spring performance is coming on friday and I'm so excited and nervous at the same time because there is a possibility to get my first solo on pointe!!! ever since I started watching your videos I have improved so much!!! thank you for everything kathryn!!!!❤❤
Melissa Thewlis thank you!!! My teacher just announced the roles yesterday and.....I GOT IT!!!!! You can definitely say I' the happiest person in the world right now!!!
+Melissa Thewlis thank you so much!!!
Doing my first performance soon as an adult beginner and this was sooo helpful! I was struggling with the acting part and not just being all :DD fake looking just like you said haha
your channel is awesome you have a video for everything that I need and it helps me out a lot
I always wanted an old man doll!
I’m half dancer half actor. But this helps a lot for my dance recitals if I’m doing a character piece.
Hi Katie! Thank you for this video, very helpful. :) I was wondering if you could do a video about how to clean your makeup brushes, how long they take to dry, etc. Thank you!
Thank you for you your wonderful advice once again!
Hi Katie! Would you mind doing a video on an at home stretching and strengthening video because I know that I and many others are on a break for the holidays, and sadly that means no dance! Thanks so mich
YOUR ACCOUNT IS AMAZING.
Can you do a video on how to improve your tendus? I have a struggle keeping it on the ground
I’m planning Nikiya pretty soon and I’m stressing out with the acting so thank you for this video!!! ❤️❤️
amazing tips!! thank you
So useful!
Great tips! Thank you.
Thank you for this! My company is doing a performance of Giselle at Easter and I'm playing Myrtha (I don't know if that's how you spell her name 😂) In rehearsals my expressions are fine but I never really knew how to fully act her out without looking super fake, this video really helped and I'll be sure to think of these things in rehearsals tomorrow 😜 On this subject, I saw your Giselle make up tutorial and I was wondering wether I should apply the same kind of make up to Myrtha or if I should kind of add a few things to really stand out, what do you think? 😊
5:18 I’m literally dying 😂
this was so helpful thank you!
Wonderful!
Can u do a summer intensive series
I have been cast as Odette/Odile for this coming season, and I'm sooo terrified - I have no idea what to do with my face, I don't want to have that 'constipated swan' look :'D
Do you know Jenifer Ringer? I think she was a dancer at NYCB the same time as you. Love your videos!💃
Hi Katie! Could your next video be a work out and stretching video that can be done during vacations?
Very informative thank you💜
great video!💕👍
where do you ask Q&A questions?
is ballet acting like contemporary and other forms of dance acting?
Help!
I will go to the entrance examinations for the ballet academy in munich. A year ago I was there and there I was told my turnout and my feet are not good enough. At this time I had no idea of ballet. Since then I have 6 times in the week training and private lessons with a professional dancer from the Bavarian State Ballet. He said to me I have all the requirements and I am talented. Now I wanted to try it again at the ballettakademie in january.
My question is whether in the grand plie my hip has to be rotated 180 degrees and when I lie on the back and do the frog have my knees to be on the floor ? If I do the frog and someone push me down, my knees come to the floor, but if I do it alone, I am missing about 5 cm. Am I not accepted then?
My feet make a line with my lower leg. Is that right?
sorry for bad english but pease answer me!!
What do you do for villian roles??? I don't know how to be evil?!?! HELP
I was having issues with the girls in class
if I could I would 😂
If you think about it, nutcracker is insanely BIZZARRE
Hey Katie, I've just been getting kind of confused--so are you back with NYCB? By the way I love you so much and you are so helpful, and I also tell all of my ballet friends about your channel. XOXO
She is not. She lives in Houston now, and is not currently connected to any company. :D
Does anyone have any tips for someone trying to learn ballet from home? I would really appreciate it!
Libby Bowen take classes lol
Some UA-cam tutorials are quite helpful!
lol her camera is shook! 😱😱😱
If you move to fast it looks frantic.
For me I was better naturally at acting then dancing! 😉🩰👑
(I never had any problem)🤣😁😄
Keep strong. Dont forget that despite the struggles and madness in this world today, God is full of justice, mercy and love.
Justice said we broke His perfect law - causing the world's previous perfection to be
destroyed - and therefore we deserve Hell (like a punishment in any legal system but this is eternal as His perfect law is eternal too). Don't think you fit in that category? Ever done one of these?: lying, stealing - regardless of how small the object EVER, hating others - which is murder in God's perfect law, lusting (plus God sees our entire thought life). Justice says "the soul that sins shall die" - if we break one in thought/word/deed it's as if we're guilty of all of them. Quite simply, living by the law (which is doing everything perfectly) is impossible for sinful humans
. The law shows us that 1. We will die in Hell if we fail to follow it and 2. We cannot save ourselves BUT, 3. God's perfect, immovable law points us to Christ, who followed and fulfilled the law in thought, word and deed perfectly in our place. He did what we couldn't and did it on our behalf. He was then sentenced to death on a cross, and took our personal punishment for our sin, paying our penalty (like paying our fine) completely FOR us, and has given us freedom.
If we turn from the sins we have committed and repent (pursue the opposite direction of love through Christ) He will, overtime, recreate us back into that previously perfect image through The Holy Spirit which Jesus sends to all who accept Him as their personal Lord and Savior of their life. He will help us through the struggle, the stress, and anything we experience in the world. It's about letting Christ in to guide and teach you and obeying Him through His power (not ourselves, we need Him to help us as it's impossible without depending on His power and instruction).
He is our substitute in His life, death and resurrection. He essentially rewrote history in our place so that, if you believe in Him, it will be as if you had never sinned if you accept Christ's death as our own in our place.
He is in Heaven right now preparing a place for us so that He can take His faithful, believing children home with Him when He returns. He will ressurrect us from death when He returns, giving mercy to those who accept His love, instruction and teachings in their life, and give justice to those who refuse it.
He doesn't want ANY of us to go to Hell and die for continuing in evil and rejecting His way to life, thats why He died FOR us. Hes giving EVERYONE a chance, He wants everyone to take the free gift of salvation from Hell. He wants us to be His and begin to follow His life of love and service through His power and abiding (staying) with Him. So long as we keep our hearts near to Christ through His strength, strive to follow His will of perfect love revealed in the Bible, and let Him lead in the midst of (very certain) pitfalls and struggles, we will, in time, win the ultimate victory over sin, pain and DEATH through Christ. Even if you are willing to be made willing, pray for Jesus to come in and He will do what we can't. Give us The Holy Spirit who will guide us in the right way.
Christ says in John 16:33: I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have [perfect] peace. In the world you have tribulation and distress and suffering, but be courageous [be confident, be undaunted, be filled with joy]; I have overcome the world.” [My conquest is accomplished, My victory abiding.]
- (AMPLIFIED version)
NOTE: You are NEVER too sinful or messed up that God cannot turn your life around through Jesus. EVER. Regardless of what you've done or what you're going through you CAN make it through Jesus.
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